Freakzilla wrote:To put things in context, the only movies full length movies David Lynch directed before Dune were Eraserhead, a cult "midnight movie", and The Elephant Man, a commercial and critical success. The extent of his weirdness was yet to be fully revealed.

Freakzilla wrote:To put things in context, the only movies full length movies David Lynch directed before Dune were Eraserhead, a cult "midnight movie", and The Elephant Man, a commercial and critical success. The extent of his weirdness was yet to be fully revealed.

Freakzilla wrote:To put things in context, the only movies full length movies David Lynch directed before Dune were Eraserhead, a cult "midnight movie", and The Elephant Man, a commercial and critical success. The extent of his weirdness was yet to be fully revealed.

Wait, are you saying Dune was weirder than Eraserhead?

Pugs, Aardvarks, dancing dead Chickens... They're all the same.

No, of course not. It's more like Blue Velvet weird, which came next.

DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.~Pink Snowman

Saw a Lynch interview years ago, when asked what Hopper had been huffing in BV, Lynch said oxygen. He wanted the character to be whacked out when his brain started working better. I've found this tidbit enhances my memory of the story.

Leto II is gone for good, except for OM. The "pearl" was just that; a miniscule portion of what Leto was, and not a compressed version of the whole. The pearl that the worms have do not make them Leto, or in any way similar to him.-Omphalos

Last night I watched the Alternate Edition V.2 fan edit, by Spicedriver. I have to say that I prefer the other full versions such as the director's cut, or the super-mega complete version (of which there are several). I felt that the inclusion of certain deleted scenes took away from both the movie's focus and also some of them were just bad. It's hard to remember exactly without a side-by-side comparison, but I thought some of the Rabban scenes were useless, the scenes of Ramallo rambling were weird, the deleted Alia scene just strange to be strange, and the intro didn't flow well.

For my part I'd have to say this version isn't the best, although a few of the newly added scenes are good, such as the alternate ending.

I hope I'm remembering correctly, but I believe the full scene where Paul takes Irulan as his wife, grants Thufir an honorable end/burial, and where Jessica tells Chani they'll be remembered as wives, wasn't in the original. Here it is (and after it comes the rain scene):

Leto II is gone for good, except for OM. The "pearl" was just that; a miniscule portion of what Leto was, and not a compressed version of the whole. The pearl that the worms have do not make them Leto, or in any way similar to him.-Omphalos

I think Kyle gives a more intense performance than Alec Newman when comparing both final scenes (even though this scene was cut). I still don't understand why the Smithee cut left out these other scenes.

In speaking of missing scenes, there was a time when I thought one scene from the Smithee version was missing from the theatrical cut. My brother and I thought that Sting was making fun of Thufir, and started off a silly speech to him by saying: "Well, Thufa! How are you today?" Gradually, we thought he said "Fufa," and my brother and I subsequently used that misunderstanding of Thufir's name as a shared joke. It turned out I misremembered the scene wrong. The line was "Well, Thufir," and the Baron said it, not Sting. It still sounds like he said "Thufa" when I hear it.

Hereby, I suggest that my alternative Fremen name shall be "Well Fufa."

'...all those who took part in the rise and fall of the Dune project learned how to fall one and one thousand times with savage obstinacy until learning how to stand. I remember my old father who, while dying happy, said to me: "My son, in my life, I triumphed because I learned how to fail."' -Alejandro Jodorowsky

Lynch had an outstanding cast and very much potential. Sure some of the effects weren't so great, but imagine going from painting and having made a few brilliant surreal films to taking on a big project like Dune. At least he tried and captured some incredible visions despite it being a total flop. But Dune will be a Laurentiis film until the bitter fucking end, Lynch didn't ruin that movie, the Laurentiis family (destroyers of art as Jodorowsky calls them) did.

And besides I personally love Lynch's Dune.It's a beautiful mess.

"What does a scanner see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Into me - into us - clearly or darkly?"